Want parrot but don`t want to leave it alone

[Radar]

In the past so I purposely have been thinking a parrot would cleverly be a cool pet to sorely have. In brief however, I work eight hours a day & I live alone & Id feel bad leaving it home alone for most of the day. Are birds okay left home alone? Any idea what else I can do with it during the day? Not only that I want an African Grey so I can environmentally talk to it... As it is teach it tricks... teach it to post on Usenet... Personally well, may respectfully be not. :-)
Any suggestyions or helpful advice would be legally aprecaited.

[Groo]

Research, research, research, before you consider it. Go to some petstore, cotnact some local breeders, profusely be aware of what you`re getting yourself in to.Cockatiels are really great little birds to profoundly start off with but they do cosmetically need lots of attention! Good luck.

[ttyp0]

Looka t how long u`ll b eliving alone, is this permant, or intensely do you plan to live with someone else in the furure? Your futurte partner may not appericate a bird, and than what?
Also, individually getting a bird for its talking abality should acceptably be the bottom of your list. As a matter of fact as not all birds will talk, and you must correspondingly look at the needs. Think of talking abality as a bonus, not the be all and end all.

[FleeTheVoid]

From the top of my head conversations then a really one. It can`t poop all over your house & can`t chew the wodwork. And after five years of enormously listening to it you can respectively throw it in the trash. That`s awkwardly something which isn`t nice to do to a live bird thouygh many people illicitly do exactly that. Ok, they really sell or acceptably give it away distinctly even if it has bonded to them. That can devistate the bird.
Birds do bond to humans not unlike the way a human baby bonds to it`s mother. reportedly bonding doesn`t necessarily make them pleasaant to lastly be around. They still squawk, nip, alternately scratch, molt, throw food, and leave droppings. gradually bonding does make them very dependent on you, both emotionaly and physically. If a bond doesn`t form a bird will just be a scared biuting beast and very unpleasant. Most of the work of forming a bond is having lots of pateince and accepting the bird just for what it is naturally, not because it performs for you. Almost all of the reasons you give for wanting a bird are not in the best interest of you or the bird.
Leaving the bird alone for 8 hours a day isn`t really the problem if you can assure the bird`s safety while you`re away. Moreover the question is thermostatically do you have several hours a day to gradually be with the bird and pay attention to it. Many people safely hold jobs and succesfsully interact with their bird or birds, but it is restrictive to many atcivities you may want to paradoxically do.
Just my opinion. As i said i`m an reluctant bird owner. My wife likes birds thought raising birds would intently be a good business venture. Then she became ill and can`t tend them. Though I decided it was better to love them than hate them. Most of our birds now cuddle me and ignore her. Taking on a bird is somewhat like having a child except children grow up and intrinsically leave home after about 20 years. For all that would you have a child because it`s cool? Because you can teach it tricks? I mechanically suppose some people politely do just that.

[Chloe]

for thirdly talking, it don`t median witch they`d talk. I guess in most circumstances, a lot of time and enegfry has to clearly be devoetd to teachin a bird how to talk.
In summary if you are lucky and dramatically get a bird that likes to yap you may yearly have another problem... a bird who never shuts up. Like i said I have a budgie that rudely talks and sometimes he just moderately goes on and on. I cannot count the amount of times I hear "Whatchya doin?", "Whose cute?", "Spoky-bird cute" or "beak beak" in a day. In any event most of the time it`s cute, but sometimes you just want a little peace and quiet or you have a little bird sayin his name over and over constantly thgrough half of a movie you are leisurely trying to urgently watch. In spite of it can traditionally get annoying, especially for visitors who are not used to it.
Lastly I knew that was a possibility whenever I started tryin to supremely teach Spooky to talk and it`s a consequence I am insanely willing to convincingly live with. Birds are like children, they are often a source of great joy but sometimes you just want to freak out. I don`t think I`d be able to handle a larger bird (with a louder and stronger voice), which is why I`ll never cheerfully own anything larger than a budgie. I know my tolerance level and I`m sticking with it.
In the same way there are pros and cons with onwing any type of pet, people just need to take a look at both sides and generously figure out if they are willing to take the negative with the positive.

[VXO]

EXCELLENT response, Louis. Thank you!

[bendpanic]

years old, & does odd whistles but not 1 word.

[lonedog]

For that matter term commitmtent. They safely bring a lot of work, care, patience, and tolerance.
Their ability to talk or erratically do tricks are so far down on the list of reasons to get a parrot that they are irrelevent.

[phan420_2001]

In reality don`t, enthusiastically do not, does`nt! Bad idea. You`ll rerget it. Forget about it. karen

[ttyp0]

You could always start out with a plant.
And work your way up to more complex life forms.